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snake in the grass

 
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–noun
1. a treacherous person, esp. one who feigns friendship.
2. a concealed danger.
Origin:
1690–1700
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snake   (snāk)   
n.  

  1. Any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes or Ophidia (order Squamata), having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions.

  2. A treacherous person. Also called snake in the grass.

  3. A long, highly flexible metal wire or coil used for cleaning drains. Also called plumber's snake.

  4. Economics A fixing of the value of currencies to each other within defined parameters, which when graphed visually shows these currencies remaining parallel in value to each other as a unit despite fluctuations with other currencies.

v.   snaked, snak·ing, snakes

v.   tr.

  1. To drag or pull lengthwise, especially to drag with a rope or chain.

  2. To pull with quick jerks.

  3. To move in a sinuous or gliding manner: tried to snake the rope along the ledge.

v.   intr.
To move with a sinuous motion: The river snakes through the valley.

[Middle English, from Old English snaca.]
snake in the grass  
n.   pl. snakes in the grass
See snake.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
snake in the grass

  1. n.
    a sneaky and despised person. : How could I ever have trusted that snake in the grass?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

snake in the grass

A treacherous person, as in Ben secretly applied for the same job as his best friend; no one knew he was such a snake in the grass. This metaphor for treachery, alluding to a poisonous snake concealed in tall grass, was used in 37 b.c. by the Roman poet Virgil (latet anguis in herba). It was first recorded in English in 1696 as the title of a book by Charles Leslie.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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